Britain Grants Attlee Wide Powers Over Resources
London August 12 The Labor government won approval from both Houses of Parliament for a crisis bill to mobilize Britain's resources including manpower for a national recovery program. The act grants the government broad powers to manage labor supplies and industry indefinitely to meet the economic crisis amid strong opposition from Conservatives and Liberals who call it dictatorial.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Britain
Can
Attlee
Rvative
Legis
Labor Party
Legistie
Winston Hommes
Vacated Offices In Annex Given to Atty Massie
Frederick County Board of Supervisors in August assigned the vacated Court House annex offices to Commonwealth Attorney Joseph A. Massie. They also asked the Division of Weights and Measures to test county scales and urged the State Highway Department to take a road section for access near Marcellus Punk. Dog claims approved for pay include multiple farmers with poultry, cattle, and sheep. All board members attended. routine reports approved.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Court House Annex
Fredge County
Joseph A. Massier
Division of Weights and Measures
State Highway Department
Thorntown Lane
Marcellus Punk
John O. Boyce
H. D. Kwaite
Berryville R
Loring Steele
Middletown
H. P. Boyce
Clearbrook
Harry Imer
L. H. Ruble
A. DeHaven
Gainesboro
J. W. Hancher
Luther Peacemaker
Sheep Dipping Vat Busy with County Flocks
County Agent I Fred Stine urges flock owners to coordinate with his office or the portable dipping vat operator to dip all county sheep for ticks and lice. W Rickard listed at Stephens City exchange for contact. Affected flocks show ticks and lice after dipping. YARD PARTY Burnt Factory Methodist Church event scheduled Thursday August 14 at 5 30 p m with country ham chicken sandwiches ice cream and cakes.
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Fred Stine
W. Rickard
Stephens City Exchange
Burnt Factory Methodist Church
Hughes Inquiry Sparks Partisan Warnings in Senate
Democratic Sen Murray criticizes the Hughes wartime plane contracts probe as smear tactics and calls for a Senate investigations inquiry. Senator Robertson mocks the GOP optics while Brewster defends the war committee as Democrats hint at renewed action next January. The panel remains active until January 31.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Bre
Maine
Robertson
D-Va
Murray
Montana
Senate
Senate War Investigating Committee
Hughes
Brewster
31 Buchenwald Camp Defendants Declared Guilty
In DACHAU Germany a U S military court convicts all 31 defendants in the Buchenwald concentration camp trial. Sentences to be pronounced Thursday. Among the defendants is Ilse Koch wife of the former camp commander who denied making lamp shades from inmate skin. She is pregnant and her baby is due soon.
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Dachau
Germany
Buchenwald
U. S
Ilse Koch
Bulldozer narrowly damages town pump house in Stephens City
The concrete block No. 3 pump house in Stephens City was nearly demolished when a bulldozer driven by Town Sergeant Smallwood struck it. Mayor Parker estimates damage at 150 to 200 dollars. The pump and machine were later secured as officials plan ground work for Academy Hill playground and meeting area.
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Stephens City
Smallwood
W. Lomax Parker
Academy Hill
Parker
W. H. Herrell
H. E. Masseyee
Experts Study Community Property Tax
Washington August 12: Treasury and congressional experts plan specific recommendations for tax law overhaul to be ready for House Ways and Means hearings on November 4. Joint meetings focus on excise taxes and community property laws with aims to extend benefits nationwide. No broad tax cut bill is being considered.
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Washington
Treasury
Congressional
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Congress
Repeal of Labor Law Sought by Steelworkers
In Pittsburgh on August 12 the CIO United Steelworkers announce a national drive to elect an "acceptable Congress" to repeal the Taft Hartley act. Leaders plan a mass registration drive and a $1 voluntary contribution from 875,000 members, with funds kept separate from union treasury.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
Murray
Taft
Hartley
Tom Clark
Edward A. Garrett
Baltimore
Steel Labor
Phil Storch
See -Bucks County, Pa
Political Action Committee
Harrisonburg Blast Report Set for City Council
The state fire marshal and Bureau of Mines report on the 11 death Harrisonburg college explosion will be presented to Winchester city council by City Manager Lee Grant. The findings cite corroded gas pipes and butane gas accumulation ignited by a coal unloader's match.
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Bureau of Mines Engineers
Beauty College
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Lee Grant
Grant
Pall Mall St
Fire Marshall
State Fire Marshall
Hannegan Weighs Resigning as Democratic Chair
Honolulu dispatch says Postmaster General Hannegan plans to decide next month about resigning the party chairmanship after a medical check by General Graham. If advised to slow down he would quit the most strenuous post. Clinton Anderson rumored to succeed him, with cabinet resignation possible.
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Honolulu
Hannegan
Truman
Graham
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Ford recalls 32000 workers as Murray strike lingers
Detroit August 12 Ford Motor Co recalls about 32 000 employees laid off last week due to a materials shortage while Murray Corp of America strike talks show no settlement. Ford plans to run three days a week and says 19 000 more workers will be recalled on Wednesday.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Fordet
Christ Episcopal Church Picnic at Cacapon Park
The Christ Episcopal church plans its annual picnic Thursday at Cacapon Park West Virginia. Members depart 2 p.m. from the church and share picnic suppers in the boat house area at 6 p.m. A voters event at United Brethren Church rear sponsored by Youth Choir occurs Wednesday August 13 at 6 p.m.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Cacapon Park
W. Va
Boat House
Shaw
United Brethren Church
Damson Purchases At Butler's Packing House
At E. R. Conner's Packing House in Stephens City the notice advertises extra fine peaches for canning. Will buy damsons Monday through Friday next week at five dollars per hundred pounds delivered by Butler's Packing House.
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E. R. Conner
Stephens City
Butler's Packing House
U. S. Probe Ordered in Food Clothing and Housing Prices
Attorney General Clark ordered an investigation by the Justice Department anti trust division into possible conspiracies to maintain or raise prices in food clothing and housing. Jail terms for violators will be sought and the move follows a three month study led by John F. Sennett. The action echoes Truman warnings on rising prices and concentration of power among giant firms.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Courts of Pleas of
Nolo Contendere
John F. Sennett
Truman
Ees
Cannery at Stephens City to Run Thrice Weekly
The Stephens City cannery will operate three days a week on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays. About 20 people worked there today with corn as the main harvest, followed by peaches tomatoes and beans. At Berryville more than 50 people used the cannery today in one of the season’s busiest days.
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Stephens City
Auto Wired for Blast Detected by Rattling
In San Perdo California on August 12 a motorist Claude Peggese 33 found two 20 millimeter anti aircraft shells wired to his exhaust after hearing a rattle. Police said the devices could have exploded if driven farther.
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San Perdo Calif
Claude Peggese
Peggese
Novelist Financed with Award in Front Royal
Front Royal Va August 12 The tentative title Front Royal Oak is planned for a novel by former resident Mrs Helen Johnston Petes She has been awarded a TellO Brockhurst Foundation grant of 100 dollars monthly until the manuscript is completed.
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Front Royal
Front Royal Oak
Helen Johnston Petes
Tello-Brockhurst Foundation
High Prices Threaten Basis Of Business
Virginia Beach August 12 banker Arthur J Morris founder of the Morris plan system warned that high prices threaten the economy based on mass consumption production and credit He predicted a major recession after Christmas unless Americans curb buying He stressed price levels must fall to preserve economic stability and purchasing power
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Virginia Beach
Arthur J. Morris
Morris Plan System of Bank
Morris
Heat Wave Threatens Next Year’s Meat Supply
Washington reports midwestern heat reduces corn production forecasts and may lower next year’s meat and livestock supplies. Officials cite a short corn crop could hit Eastern and western regions hardest, while this year’s meat outlook remains stable through early 1948 despite corn uncertainties. In Virginia drought saddles farmers with financial losses as hay yields lag and crops suffer from spotty rainfall.
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Washington
Volum
Richmond
Virginia
L. M. Walker, Jr
Alker
Telltale Pool Of Sweat Saves Trapped Youth
In Omaha on August 12 a four year old, Tommy McEvoy, was saved from suffocation after two hours trapped in an unused ice-box. A small pool of water under the drain and the curiosity of his eleven year old brother, Jimmy, led to the door being opened and Tommy found crouched and soaking wet with prespiration.
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Omaha
Tommy McEvoy
Jimmy
Tommy
Plane battered by geese makes forced landing
A national airlines sky master with 25 passengers and crew aboard made an emergency landing at Southwest airport after encountering geese on takeoff. Five birds struck the plane including one that tore a hole in the wing leading edge and another hit the rudder.
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Philadelphia
National Airlines
Southwest Airport
Hybrid Seedlings Boost Fruit and Vegetable Quality at Virginia
Roanoke Virginia August 12 hybrid seedlings bred at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Agricultural Experiment Station aim for tastier disease resistant fruits and vegetables. The 230 acre tract includes experiments on apples peaches pears cherries and small fruits plus vegetables and ornamentals with a museum plot for training methods and pest control. Dr E L Overholser describes land acquisition by 1946 and cooperative support from horticultural groups. First disposal choice goes to Dr L L Davis for processing and by products research including canning dehydration and flavor blending.
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Roanoke
Agricultural Experiment Station
E. L. Overholser
Department of
V.P.I
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Virginia
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs
Department of Horticulture
Institute of Rural Affairs
Overholser
Davis
Dr. L. L. Davis
Fresh Demands For Wage Hikes Loom Says CIO
The CIO Pull Employment Committee urged a special Congress session to restore price controls and warned of further wage demands as living costs rise. Emil Rieve called for rolling prices back toward pre-OPA levels and proposed a voluntary price-reduction plan with leaders from industry labor and agriculture.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
Emil Rieve
OPA
Rieve
Riers
Congress of Industrial, Labor, and
CIO Workers Union
Snake Call Starts Meets Beside Jail In Jonesville
Jonesville crowd begins a 30 night protest at the courthouse square against the jailing of six faith healers for snake handling. O V Shoupe led about 40 ritualists as four men and two women remained in their jail cells. He urged patrolmen to read the Bible and noted the six would not pay the $50 fines each under the state snake handling law.
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Jonesville
Courthouse Square
Promey
O. V. Shoupe
Cumberland
Shoupe
Virginia
Forrestal Reverses Rape Case Finding
Secretary Forrestal has set aside court martial convictions of two marines tied to a rape case with a Chinese girl in Peiping last winter. Cpl. William G. Pierson of Sumter S.C. is cleared for lack of evidence. Pfc. Warren T. Pritchard remains with a bad conduct discharge. The affair sparked anti American demonstrations in China.
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Washington
Forrestal
Peiping
William G. Pierson
Sumter
Warren T. Pritchard
Pierson
Pritchard
China
Five Day Virginia Weather Forecast Aug 13 to 17
Virginia temperatures near normal with generally fair conditions. A few widely scattered showers are expected on Thursday and toward the end of the period. Total precipitation should be about a quarter inch or less.
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Virginia
Oae
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Ford
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